Music formats

"Recorded music is cheaper, more abundant, and more convenient today than ever before in human history." Not to mention sound quality.

In just a few decades we've lived through vinyl records, tapes and cd's. None of them make up a big portion of the market anymore.

Have fun watching all of them give way to streaming on this animated chart of recorded music sales by format from 1973 to 2020.

"For $10 per month, you can conveniently access an unlimited amount of high-quality music. Think about it — for about 30 cents a day, the world’s entire music library is at your fingertips . .  . "